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How do I move my wordpress to a new folder?

Posted on July 12, 2016

Hi! I’m a new user. I followed the instructions and i installed Wordpress. But I will install 2 or 3 web sites to the same IP. How can I move the Wordpress to a new folder? Thank you



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Depending on your webserver, the minimum would be to change the DocumentRoot (with Apache) or root (with nginx). See the tutorials on creating virtual hosts for Apache on Ubuntu 16.04 and NGINX on Ubuntu 16.04

I follow this two tutorials. Initial Server Setup with Ubuntu 16.04 and How To Install WordPress with LAMP on Ubuntu 16.04 The only think that I’m afraid is to destroy the Wordpress if I moving it.

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